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On the Writing of History
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Written by one of the most eminent, (if sometimes disputed) historians of the 20th century, this book, originally published in 1939, gives guidance to the would-be historian on historical sources, research and evidence. Although inevitably a product of its time, this volume nonetheless remains one of the most comprehensive guides to historiograhy.
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Index
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Abbo, hit Latin poem, 51
Abdon, Hebrew judge, 82
Acton, Lord, his theories on history, viii, 27; his great library. 208-9
Adam, the patriarch, 46, 88, 262
'Aduliamitei,' the, 260
AErseu, legends about, 49; date attributed to him, 273
AEachines, 16
Agram Book, the, 204
Akhenaten, his heresy, 203
Alaric, his sack of Rome, i, 4, 167
Alexander the Great, a cataclysmic personage, 101-2; his military exploits, 134; legends concerning him, 268-9
Alexander V, Pope, 114
Alexander VI, Pope, 116, 213
Alfred, King, hit personality, 31; and literary activity, 45
America, results of discovery of, 75, 117, 148, 298; problems of, 181, 189
American Independence, War of, 161-2
Anagni, Papal election at, 113
Angleterre, Colonel Pillet's scurrilous book on, 182-4
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, characteristics of the, 30, 35, 44, 45, 83, 272
Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian, 53
Annals, character of early, 33-5, 76
Antichrist, legends concerning, 89, 117, 128, 271
Antonines, age of the, iti character, 18, 104
Antony, Marcus, triumvir, 30, 136-7
Antony, St., his life in the desert, 91, 291
Apocryphal Gospels, the, 263, 279, 282-3
Apollo, the god, Christian views concerning, 290
Apollodorus of Artamita, lost historian, 22, 204
Ara Caeli, the legend of, 282
Arabs, before Mohammed, 132; their conquests, 167
Arabs of Palestine, origin of the, 193
Arbela, battle of, its importance, 168
Aretino, Pietro, 118
Argenson, Marquis, his memoirs, 61
Aristotle, his historical researches, 79-80, 203; mediaeval legends concerning, 260-71
Arnold, Thomas, Professor, 226-7
Arthur, King, legendary history of, 13, 267
'Aryans,' the, theories concerning, 126
Asgard, legends concerning, 265
Asser, his life of King Alfred, 51
Assyria, the Kings of, 24, 26, 101, 191, 195
Attila, his place in history, 177
Augustine, St., his theological and historical views, 109-10
Augustus Caesar, 93; a cataclysmic personage, 135-7; me...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Original Title
- Original Copyright
- Contents
- PREFACE
- I. WHAT IS HISTORY ?
- II. ON SOURCES AND EVIDENCE
- III. ON THE TESTING OF AUTHORITIES: (I) CHRONICLES AND NARRATIVE HISTORIES
- IV. ON THE TESTING OF AUTHORITIES: (2) AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, BIOGRAPHIES, MEMOIRS, LETTERS, ETC
- V. OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IN GENERAL
- VI. OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEāTHE PESSIMISTS AND THE OPTIMISTS
- VII. OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEāCONCERNING CATACLYSMS, POLITICAL AND MORAL
- VIII. OF INDIVIDUALS AND 'PROCESSES' IN HISTORY
- IX. A PLEA FOR MILITARY HISTORY
- X. ON HISTORY AS A HINDRANCE, AND POISONOUS HISTORY
- XI. CONCERNING RESEARCHERS AND RESEARCH
- XII. HISTORY AT OXFORD
- XIII. SOME HUMOURS OF HISTORY
- XIV. ON GENERAL LESSONS AND MORALS
- XV. INDEX